Pictet Japanese Equity Selection is a high-conviction strategy which invests in large and medium-sized businesses for the long term. The manager uses a combination of market and fundamental company analysis to select Japanese companies that promote good environmental and governance practices and offer favourable growth prospects at a reasonable price. He uses a four-step process that implements both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to aid his research.
Sam Perry
Sam Perry is the lead portfolio manager for the strategy, although the team maintains a relatively flat structure. Sam joined Pictet Asset Management in 1997. While his expertise is in Japanese equities and markets of the Far East, he has followed both developed and emerging markets in his career. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a first-class degree in Philosophy and Psychology. He later gained a Doctorate in Experimental Cognitive Psychology, also at Oxford University.
Sam and his team have provided excellent performance since this fund’s inception. It’s clear that the fund benefits from a very experienced Japanese management team that has a total of 130+ years of investment experience in both London and Tokyo. Favouring a more large-cap growth-tilted style, this fund offers investors excellent exposure to a country in the world whose recovery may prove a success story in years to come.
£457.9m
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9.5
0.60%
0.89%
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